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Despite being popular with travelers and hosts alike, the government of Quebec is doing everything it can to stop AirBnb. (PanAm Post) Español By Yaël Ossowski – August 20, 2014 During a recent stint back in Montreal, I decided to try the service AirBnb, by now a ritual of my international travel. I’ve used it…
Privatization, Government Downsizing Are Talk of the Town in Quebec City By Yaël Ossowski – 6. May, 2014, PanAmerican Post Unbeknownst to most political observers and voters in Quebec, Phillippe Couillard and his Liberal Party may be the most ambitious band of reformers to get themselves voted into office in the last several decades. Though…
A Reset Button for the Quebec Independence Movement is Due By Yaël Ossowski | PanAm Post After a whopping defeat in the last provincial election, Quebec secessionists are doing of bit of soul-searching, and with good reason. The Parti Québécois (PQ), the province’s progressive separatist party, held the reins of a minority government when it…
I was invited by famous Canadian podcasters Ed & Ethan to sit in on one of their recent shows to talk about Quebec’s election and other topics of interest. Enjoy! (My part starts at 25:50)
Provincial Leader Debate Shows PQ’s Turn to Irreverent Populism By Yaël Ossowski | PanAm Post In 1995, Quebec premier and Parti Québécois (PQ) leader Jacques Parizeau declared in his speech following the province’s failed referendum on secession that the battle was lost due to the “ethnic vote.” Almost 20 years later, his party has taken that message…
Government Thwarting Potential to Be Energy Powerhouse By Yaël Ossowski | PanAmerican Post As a progressive party with green tendencies, the Parti Québécois minority currently at the head of the Quebec provincial government is no friend of the natural gas industry. And that’s to the detriment of ordinary Quebecois. It was made self-evident from the moment of…
Laisser la souveraineté territoriale à la politique est une grave erreur Le 11 septembre dernier, la fête nationale de la Catalogne, environ 1,6 millions de Catalans se sont donné la main pour former une chaîne humaine à travers le vaste territoire qu’ils réclament comme étant le leur. Des Catalans se donnent les mains pour promouvoir…
Leaving National Secession to Politics Alone Is a Mistake On September 11, the National Day of Catalonia, an estimated 1.6 million Catalans joined hands across the vast territory they’d like to call their own. Catalans link hands to rally for independence on the National Day for Catalonia. Dubbed the “Catalan Way,” the idea was to…
Le ‘Grand 3’ s’attire le soutien des syndicats pour garder des forfaits plus élevés Par Yaël Ossowski | PanAm Post Le drame canadien de l’été a vu sa fin. L’effort de l’oligopole mobile pour restreindre la compétition et maintenir des forfaits plus chers a réussi. Pour ceux qui ont manqué le récit, ça commence avec…
For any run-of-the-mill business based in rural America, mastering the art of a foreign language is seldom present on the all-important list of corporate goals and long-term strategies to guarantee success. But if the events of Lac-Mégantic, Québec are any indication, companies should be prepared to go above and beyond in accounting for any cultural or linguistic barriers which…